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In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple.2
Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

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And one called to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;the whole earth is full of his glory!"[b]4
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

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And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!"6
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."

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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

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And he said, "Go, and say to this people:
Keep on hearing,[c] but do not understand;keep on seeing,[d] but do not perceive.10
Make the heart of this people dull,[e]and their ears heavy,and blind their eyes;lest they see with their eyes,and hear with their ears,and understand with their hearts,and turn and be healed."11
Then I said, "How long, O Lord?"And he said:"Until cities lie wastewithout inhabitant,and houses without people,and the land is a desolate waste,

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and the Lord removes people far away,and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.13
And though a tenth remain in it,it will be burned[f] again,like a terebinth or an oak,whose stump remainswhen it is felled."The holy seed[g] is its stump.